5 comments about The Purifiers.

1. Ok, You tend to get films where you watch them and you get so in to the movie that you dont realise where the time went...how I wish this was one of those films. This is one of those absolutely terrible films where you wish you could reclaim the last 2 hours of your life so that you could waste it on something much more productive like watching paint dry.
   
   First of all the script is so predictable that all of us managed to guess what the actors were going to say before they said it. The script is about as complex and thrilling as spitting chewing gum out in the street.
   
   Ok, now that we have established that the film is terrible and the script is a complete waste of paper and ink I shall move on to the fight scenes.
   
   Considering that this film uses martial artist with absolutely amazing abilities Ashley Beck, Shane Steyn, Chris Jones and Silvio Symac to name a few, it just really lets you down when the fight scenes do not involve these skills to be shown. Instead the fight scenes are totally unbelievable with a chubby biker chick in a white pvc outfit back handing a man and woman about a field. If you are lucky enough to be treated to a nice bit of kicking the director decides not keep the shot wide enough or at the right angle so that you may view the grace of the martial artists.
   
   As one fellow reviewer stated this is a B-movie, however I believe that even B-movies would be ashamed of this film. The budget to this film makes Xena Warrior Princess look like it had the budget of Lord of the Rings.
   
   This film fails where Kickboxer 4 somehow managed to get a few things right. If the director and editor were not laughed out of this business then it proves the World is not fair.
   
   There are two reasons why you should buy this film :-
   1. You wish to laugh yourself to death with the bad acting.
   2. You wish to use the DVD as a shiny mug stopper when you realise you just wasted your money.
   
   Overall I would give this film 0 out 5 however I have to select 1. My opinion... dont waste your life and paint that wall that your parents want doing.



2. Excellent version of the contemporary "warriors." Good action sequences, fabulous acting.



3. I think the other reviewers should give it a rest and accept this movie for what it is; a fairly creative and entertaining action flick. I saw it by accident on Starz a couple a night ago and was pleasantly surprised. I've read other reviewers raving about "The Warriors". People, that was a long time ago and it was dumped on by people when it was initially released as promoting gang violence and some racial stereotypes. I think that we've become jaded as movie viewers and expect every movie to grab us. I feel that for the budget it had, it did a pretty good job. Anybody who compares this to the "Kickboxer" movies has got to be kidding. While I'm not saying it's a fantastic movie, I enjoy it in the same vein as I enjoy movies like "Boondock Saints". Let's lighten up people, a lot of the directors we rave about today started out with small flicks like this.



4. What happens when you rip-off the plot of the Warriors and combine it with a future world and cruddy kung-fu action scenes? You get the Purifiers; an even more cruddy allegory about a street gang who performs good moral services that becomes the target of every other street gang under the order of Moses (Kevin McKidd of Trainspotting and HBO's Rome) who is basically this movie's version of Cyrus from the Warriors, only he doesn't die in the beginning. Moses has his sights set on Purifiers leader John (Gordon Alexander, who also did the fight choreography) since the both of them have a past together, or something like that. The saddest part of the Purifiers is that it seemed like there was an actual interesting (somewhat) story to tell here, but it all gets lost in the mix of annoying quick-cut editing, terrible acting, atrocious dialogue, and lame slow motion fight sequences that we've seen thousands of times before, and done much better as well. If the film has one thing going for it, it's that it's a low budget movie, yet it doesn't always look that way. That aside, there's nothing else redeeming about the Purifiers one bit. Lord of the Rings and Lost star Dominic Monaghan appears on the cover of the DVD, and he's in it as well, but he's not the main attraction here (and appears to sleepwalk throughout much of the running time), so even his fans will be disappointed.



5. Can not believe I bought this, watched about half of title, couldn't take it any more, removed it from my DVD player, and right into the trash can.
   Don't waste your money

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3 comments about Along Comes the Tiger.

1. FINALLY THEY PUT THE REMOVABLE SUBTITLES ON HERE! And I mean they go way overboard with the goodies on this release. It has English and original mandarin dub and then also have both tracks remixed. To top it off they put on an audio commentary with Don Wong Tao himself! His English is really good and the guy who is interviewing him doesn't manage to ruin it too bad. If you have seen those video asia releases where they have like an interview of Phillip Ko Fei and the translator will seem like he is only translating about 1 or 2 words out of 10 that he is sayign, then you know this idiot. He will also add british slang words in like bloke and other great stuff. But her manages to be quiet and this is honestly the commentary I have been waitign for in a kung fu film. HE talks strictly about the movie and briefly talks about other things. He talks about how he used this movie idea based off of a western and how he produced it and had Wu Ma as director and Tommy Lee as action choreographer. He goes on to talk about how Wu Ma went behind his back and then when dragged to the set was always drinking and would be drunk during filming. He aslo talked about how Tommy Lee was always in a bad mood... Awesome stuff!
   
   SO Don Wong is a guy named like cloud or somethign and ever since his dad was killed by Tommy Lee he has not spoken but is coming back for revenge now. Steve Tung Wei stars and I remember seeing his good fight from this movie from a clip that was a bonus on a Wu TAng released movie called 18 Fatal Strikes. Talk about a rare movie, Rarescope is now pushing the Wu Tang Clan out of the way. So Tung Wei is also after the people don wong is but I have to say that overall the movie sucks. A few good fights but a lot of Godfrey Ho type stuff, just stupid. Don't worry, Don Wong will explain everything.
   
   Movie gets a 2, DVD release get a 5. I would rate Ninjas and Dragon's as a much more enjoyable movie and I didn't even really like that one that much.
   
   Sound is good and of course the picture quality is good and letterboxed about 97% or so. Nwo I just need Ninja's in Ancient China to come out.



2. Much respect to Toby Russell for raising the profile of Taiwan kung fu movies and continuining his relentless quest to restore long lost prints (some of which seem to have been gathering cobwebs in the cellars of the stars and directors in Taiwan). Although not Don Wong's best movie (it gets bogged down with a lot of silliness in the middle) this one does feature some cracking fight scenes in the final half hour and looks great in widescreeen.
   
   The real joy here is the commentary - a chat between Toby and Don. I was delighted to find out how articulate and amusing Don is using English and so he is able to give us a unique insight into how kung fu movies were produced in the seventies - for example, wrapping up shooting in under a month! Toby asks some smart questions - but there's a rather annoying omission - we never get to learn about Don Wong's real martial arts background. It was rather sad to learn that Don's talented choreographer and close friend Tommy Lee disappeared into obscurity in the States (as far as anyone knows, he is working in a Chinese restaurant) when other choreographers such as Yuen Wo-Ping made it as big time action directors in Hollywood. There are also fascinating references to the shooting locations - for those familiar with the geography of Taiwan.



3. This is One of The Best (Don)Wang Tao Movies Out There or That He's Ever Made, And I Know I Either Have Every One of Them or Has Seen Them All. Here This Should Help You With/in Your "Product Details" The Cast of The Movie_Along Comes The Tiger_(Great Star/Producer)Wang Tao_(Fight Choreographer-The Great)Tommy Lee_(Kid Star From Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon and Martial Artist)Tung Wei_(Fight Choreographer, Martial Artist, Stuntman Turned Actor)[Phillip]Ko Fei_Female Star Lung Chen Er_(Movie Director/Actor small part in movie)Wu Ma_and Jimmy Lee. This is What You Might Call An All Star Cast...

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